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Geographic distribution of phlebotomine sandfly species (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Central-West Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2015
This study updates the geographic distributions of phlebotomine species in Central-West Brazil and analyses the climatic factors associated with their occurrence.
Paulo Silva de Almeida, Andrey José de Andrade, Alan Sciamarelli, Josué Raizer, Jaqueline Aparecida Menegatti, Sandra Cristina Negreli Moreira Hermes, Maria do Socorro Laurentino de Carvalho, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves   +7 more
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Leishmaniasis: A review of the disease and the debate over the origin and dispersal of the causaitive parasite Leishmania [PDF]

, 2009
The vector borne disease Leishmaniasis, caused by the Leishmania parasite, is estimated to affect the lives of 12 million people. Manifesting itself into three different clinical forms that center on disfiguring sores and enlargement of several organs ...
MacMorris-Adix, Molly
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Factors influencing the presence of sand flies in Majorca (Balearic Islands, Spain) with special reference to Phlebotomus pernicious, vector of Leishmania infantum [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Although the Mediterranean island of Majorca is an endemic area of leishmaniosis, there is a lack of up-to-date data on its sand fly fauna, the last report dating from 1989.
Alcover Amengual, Maria Magdalena, Ballart Ferrer, J. Cristina, Castillejo González, Soledad, Gállego Culleré, M. (Montserrat), Martín-Sánchez, Joaquina, Portús Vinyeta, Montserrat, Serra, Teresa   +6 more
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Genetic polymorphism of morphological and biochemical characters in a Natal, Brazil, population of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae). [PDF]

, 1998
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Phlebotomine fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in a residential area and in a fragment of savanna vegetation in the municipality of Pontal do Araguaia, Mato Grosso, Brazil Fauna flebotomínica (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) em área residencial e em fragmento de cerrado no município de Pontal do Araguaia, Mato Grosso, Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2011
Identification of phlebotomine species in endemic areas is fundamental for analyzing the eco-epidemiological determinants of leishmaniasis. This study had the aim of investigating the phlebotomine fauna in an urban area and in a fragment of native ...
Adriane Fagundes da Silva Amaral, Jane Ramos Varjão, Gerônimo Berto da Silva, Wagner Welber Arrais-Silva   +3 more
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Phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a Hydroelectric System Affected Area from Northern Amazonian Brazil: Further Insights into the Effects of Environmental Changes on Vector Ecology

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2016
During 2012–2015, an entomological survey was conducted as part of a phlebotomine (Diptera: Psychodidae) monitoring program in an area influenced by the Santo Antônio do Jari hydroelectric system (Amapá State, Brazil). The purpose was to study aspects of
Nercy Virginia Rabelo Furtado, Allan Kardec Ribeiro Galardo, Clicia Denis Galardo, Viviane Caetano Firmino, Thiago Vasconcelos dos Santos   +4 more
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Study on natural breeding sites of sand flies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) in areas of Leishmania transmission in Colombia

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background The location of the microhabitats where immature phlebotomine sand flies of the genus Lutzomyia develop is one of the least-known aspects of this group of medically important insects. For this reason strategies of source reduction approach for
Rafael José Vivero, Carolina Torres-Gutierrez, Eduar E Bejarano, Horacio Cadena Peña, Luis Gregorio Estrada, Fernando Florez, Edgar Ortega, Yamileth Aparicio, Carlos E Muskus   +8 more
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Laboratory and semi-field evaluation of long-lasting insecticidal nets against leishmaniasis vector, Phlebotomus (Phlebotomus) duboscqi in Kenya [PDF]

, 2010
Background & objectives: Phlebotomine sandflies are vectors of leishmaniases and other diseases.Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) as possible tools for control have not been widely testedagainst them. The objective of this study was to determine the
Sichangi Kasili, Helen Kutima, Charles Mwandawiro, Philip M. Ngumbi , Christopher O. Anjili
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Some Psychodidae (Diptera) from Atlantic Forest in South-Eastern Brazil, with descriptions of Trichomyia dolichopogon sp. nov. and Trichomyia riodocensis sp. nov.

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2001
The family Psychodidae includes the medically important phlebotomine sand flies and four other subfamilies that have been little studied in the Neotropics. The authors here report the results of a trip to collect psychodids in Parque Estadual do Rio Doce,
ALEXANDER B., FREITAS J. M., QUATE L. W.
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Effect of fluorescent powder on Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) and a simple device for marking sand flies. [PDF]

, 1996
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